Swahili beyond the boundaries : literature, language, and identity / / Alamin Mazrui.

• Superior document: Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 85
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Mazrui, Alamin M.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• প্রকাশনার বছর: 2007
• ভাষা: English
• মালা: Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 85.
• দৈহিক বর্ননা: x, 206 p.

Table of Contents

• Introduction : hybridity reconfigured
• The intercultural heritage of Swahili literature
• Aesthetics of Swahili verse: between the "old" and the "new"
• Religion and the boundaries of Swahili literature
• Translation and the (re)configuration of the Swahili literary space
• Conclusion.